Legendary WWE referee Earl Hebner has a book out where he goes into detail on things he’s seen during his career in the wrestling business. Hebner’s book titled “Earl Hebner: The Official Story” can be purchased at this link.
During his interview with Steve Fall, Hebner talked about the book and he shared stories about the famous twin referee angle that involved Hulk Hogan, Ted DiBiase, and Andre The Giant. Hebner also discussed almost dying on the night before WrestleMania 14, why he was fired by Vince McMahon, why he hated working with Randy Savage, drinking with Stone Cold Steve Austin and more. The entire interview can be watched below.
During the interview with Steve Fall, Hebner explained his firing from WWE. The story that has gone around for years is that he stole official merchandise and then sold it at his shop. Hebner says that is not true.
He said, “I went and partnered with a guy and the merchandise was bought from the same people that WWF bought them from. But the whole deal was that when Johnny brought — when WCW came in. If you look back, a lot of the agents started disappearing because Johnny wanted to use their agents. And my brother was an agent. And he was Vince’s right hand man. So the whole thing was a big lie anyway about me doing the t-shirts and all that. I mean, so Johnny fired me and because he wanted to get rid of my brother. That’s how that happened.” Hebner continued, “Why would I give up a $250,000 a year job for a $12 t-shirt? The truth was never told you know, it was all a lie. But you know, there were other places that I went, and I just kept going.”
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